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Source: Xinhua Published: May 22, 2013 19:01
Two reagents used to conduct clinical tests for human infections of the H7N9 avian flu have been given approval to enter the Chinese market, according to the country's drug watchdog.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 22, 2013 08:18
A hospital in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province announced Tuesday that Asia's first small bowel transplant operation between twins has been successful.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2013 08:40
British researchers have used a novel form of MRI to identify crucial developmental processes in the brain that are vulnerable to the effects of premature birth, according to a report published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 21, 2013 08:40
A group of Israeli biomedical engineering researchers have developed a device to stimulate cells in the visual system after they have been injected with a special light-sensitive protein, the leader of the researchers told Xinhua on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 15, 2013 19:47
India has announced a major breakthrough by its scientists who have unveiled a low-cost vaccine against a deadly virus that causes severe diarrhoea which kills about half-a-million children worldwide every year.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 15, 2013 09:10
US researchers said Tuesday they have found a resistant strain of wheat that can reduce nematode numbers in soil and protect the next rotation of tomato plants.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 14, 2013 10:56
A new coronavirus, related to SARS, has been identified as the cause of an increasing number of illnesses and deaths in several countries in the Middle East and Europe.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 14, 2013 10:20
Giving small amounts of infant formula to newborns who experience high levels of weight loss might actually increase the length of time their mothers end up breastfeeding, a new study has found.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 13, 2013 15:19
One in ten Australian infants develop a food allergy, said ambassadors for Food Allergy Week 2013, launched Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 13, 2013 15:19
Almost 50 percent of veterinarians have contracted infections from animals during their career, according to research led by the University of Sydney released Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 18:27
A New Zealand health research center announced Wednesday that its scientist are to head a multinational research center that will focus on preventing pregnancy complications in the southwest China municipality of Chongqing.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 16:30
An international exhibition on medicine and pharmacy, the Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2013, kicked off in capital Hanoi on Wednesday, attracting domestic and foreign companies from 30 countries and territories.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2013 13:36
The Australian government will provide Cancer Australia with A$2.4 million ($2.44 million) over the next four years to improve cancer data and cancer care across the nation, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 14:31
India accounts for the maximum number of first day deaths of newborn babies in the world, says a new report.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2013 09:04
The South African researchers have made a huge discovery in the cell treatment study, local media reported on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2013 09:08
Epilepsy that does not respond to drugs may be halted by transplanting a specific type of cell into the brain, according to a new study conducted by US researchers and published online on Sunday in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 05, 2013 16:35
Three new coronavirus carriers have been found in Saudi Arabia, bringing the total number of the infections reported in the country within a week to ten, Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper said Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 02, 2013 09:33
US researchers said on Wednesday they have identified virtually all of the major mutations that drive acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a fast-growing blood cancer in adults that often is difficult to treat.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 01, 2013 10:54
A team of researchers of the Kobe University in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo has found small-module compounds that have potent activity to block the interactions of a protein with these multiple effector molecules, which is believed to cause cancer by helping cells proliferate, local med...
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 25, 2013 11:19
Cuba's biotechnology industry is expected to double over the next five years, bringing in more than five billion US dollars in export revenues, officials said recently.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 24, 2013 09:21
Scientists have found that the H7N9 flu virus in humans has a similar gene sequence to that of H7N9 found in live poultry, the China Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) said Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 19, 2013 15:01
Chinese scientists have come up with a new method of weighing microscopic particles such as single atoms or protons, as well as cancer DNA, which could lead to early diagnoses of the disease.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 18, 2013 10:48
Many dog owners have their pets spayed or neutered to help control the pet population, but a new study suggests the procedure could add to the length of their lives and alter the risk of specific causes of death.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 18, 2013 09:28
Medical experts warned on Wednesday that infectious diseases from wild animals to humans are equally deadly and that coordinated efforts must be made to contain them.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 17, 2013 11:21
Brazil will resume production of insulin on a large scale after 14 years of depending on imports, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 17, 2013 09:41
A bioengineered kidney is able to produce urine when transplanted into a rat, according to a new study by the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine,as quoted by media reports Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 15, 2013 10:17
US researchers said Sunday they have directly converted ordinary skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 15, 2013 09:51
Researchers have discovered 14 new genetic variations that are associated with heart rate, according to a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 10, 2013 11:07
Scientists offered new evidence Tuesday that a component of egg whites, already popular as a substitute for whole eggs among health-conscious consumers concerned about cholesterol in the yolk, may have another beneficial effect in reducing blood pressure.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 09, 2013 19:59
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has started researching how humans can avoid contracting the H7N9 virus.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 09, 2013 13:47
US researchers said Monday they have identified a genetically-engineered chicken-killing virus as a promising treatment for prostate cancer in humans.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 09, 2013 10:44
Gene may explain why some people are lazy, said a new study released by the University of Missouri on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 09, 2013 09:13
The novel coronavirus is as virulent as or more virulent than the SARS coronavirus in causing lung damage, a new study by Hong Kong University (HKU) researchers has showed.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 08, 2013 14:16
China has started research for the development of vaccines for the H7N9 bird flu virus, a health official said Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 08, 2013 13:29
The cholesterol and saturated fat in red meat may not the real culprit for heart disease as another compound -- carnitine -- could harden the arteries, according to US researchers.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 06, 2013 10:08
A recent study by Professor Simon Park at Surrey University in UK showed that your cellphone contains a lots of bacteria and germs. Here are some pictures. (Photo Source: forum.news.cn)
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 05, 2013 17:01
A New Zealand geologist has dated a prehistoric whale fossil to a period much more recent than previously thought, raising new questions about the evolution of modern mammals.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 05, 2013 17:00
Scientists at the University of Western Australia (UWA) have received funding to carry out research into thalidomide to develop new treatment for cancer patients, the research-intensive university said on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 05, 2013 10:14
No vaccine is currently available for human infection with influenza A (H7N9) virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday in its latest update on the outbreak of the deadly disease in China.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 03, 2013 11:15
The Bangladeshi permanent representative to the UN, Abdul Momen, on Tuesday called on the international community to mitigate its global health, social and economic strategy to help the 70 million people affected by Autism around the world.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 03, 2013 10:32
Generations of visiting children have compared the smell to "rotten eggs"; it's the powerful aroma of sulfur that hangs over the popular New Zealand tourist destination and geothermal resort of Rotorua.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 28, 2013 08:49
US scientists have discovered that pancreatic cancer cells' growth and spread are fueled by an unusual metabolic pathway that someday might be blocked with targeted drugs to control the deadly cancer, according to a study published Wednesday in journal Nature.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 16:50
The humble sweet potato could hold the key to better health for infants in the developing world, according to research carried out in New Zealand.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 16:37
Paleontologists have named a new species of flying dinosaur after a 9-year-old girl.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 16:34
Coffee might protect male drinkers from liver disease, suggested Finnish researchers who published a new study in the journal of Alcohol and Alcoholism.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2013 08:42
US researchers have identified a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets and directly kills chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells, according to a study published on-line Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 25, 2013 14:20
Scientists from China and the United States have mapped a key genetic code for bread wheat, a discovery that will help improve the crop's productivity and ability to withstand extreme conditions.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 21, 2013 13:40
A program focusing on HIV/AIDS transmission through needle use among drug addicts has made a successful bid for money from a government support fund for social organizations, national newspaper Health News reported on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 21, 2013 08:42
"Three parent babies" made one step closer to realization in Britain, as survey reveals support for radical in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy, local authorities said on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 10, 2013 14:42
Chinese scientists have completed the group genome mapping of the Mongolian people, making them the first Chinese ethnic minority to have their group genome drawn, a political advisor said Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 09, 2013 15:50
After a series of flights between Schiphol and Paris, Dutch airlines KLM operated its first transatlantic flight on used cooking oil to New York on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 05, 2013 13:03
A baby born with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, appears to have been cured, according to findings presented Monday at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 26, 2013 09:21
Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system, according to a study led by researchers at Duke University. The findings was published Monday in the...
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 26, 2013 08:32
Chinese scientists announced Monday that they have decoded the genome for moso bamboo in hopes of improving the breed and using the plant as an alternative to wood.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 26, 2013 08:24
The Nobel Prize medal awarded to Francis Crick in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA will be auctioned on April 10 in New York City, Texas-based Heritage Auctions said Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 14, 2013 15:59
Two important magnates in the world, Bill Gates and Mexico's Carlos Slim, opened Wednesday a new bioscience research complex in central Mexico's Texcoco.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 14, 2013 08:42
Do you have a dairy cow? And what is her name? Well, according to a recent research, cows too have human feelings. The better you treat them, the more milk she gives you.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 12, 2013 08:58
Exercise may reduce Caucasian men's risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a new study published on-line Monday in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 11, 2013 13:51
Zookeepers in New Zealand are celebrating the rare birth of triplets among one of Asia's most at- risk animals as part of an international breeding program.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 07, 2013 10:36
China is aiming to drive its biological industry into high-speed growth in the next three years, according to an online statement issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 05, 2013 13:42
Health authorities on Tuesday formally launched a campaign to reduce assisted reproductive technology (ART) abuse.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 31, 2013 12:58
The antiretroviral therapy administered within four months of HIV infection restores the immune system back to healthy levels, a new study from Monash University revealed on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 29, 2013 16:38
A team of US researchers have identified a number of new genes that are frequently mutated in uterine serous carcinoma (USC) -- a chemo-resistant, aggressive form of endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 25, 2013 13:30
A New Zealand-led international team of scientists have debunked the theory that most species of life on Earth will be extinct before they can be discovered.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 16, 2013 11:52
A breakthrough that could lead to a potential cure for AIDS has been developed by Australian scientists, a latest study from Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) revealed on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 15, 2013 09:39
The 7th China Bioindustry Convention, the largest annual event for the biotechnology industry in China, is scheduled to be held in the southwest city of Kunming from June 20 to 23.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 12, 2013 15:06
Indian scientists claim to have successfully created enough red blood cells from stem cells which they say could be used as "artificial blood" in people who need transfusion, thereby ending the shortage of blood in the country.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 10, 2013 10:50
Australian scientists have discovered the exact way the body handles insulin and that could lead to more efficient and much more convenient treatments, said the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 06, 2013 19:27
The Chinese government will give a boost to the biotechnology industry in order to tackle problems related to population growth, food safety, energy conservation and environmental protection, the State Council said Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: January 01, 2013 10:50
Cuba's Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) has patented a new lung cancer vaccine, CIM researcher Ana Maria Vazquez said Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 24, 2012 13:37
Cuban scientists are trying to cure cancer with a homeopathic drug manufactured from the venom of scorpion, according to an annual symposium held in the country on Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 21, 2012 09:59
The genes of long-living and virus resistant bats may provide clues to the future treatment and prevention of infectious diseases and cancer in people, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization ( CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, said in a report on Friday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 14, 2012 11:20
Chinese scientists have found a new, innovative way to use cells found in human urine that could aid in the treatment of a range of neurodegenerative disorders.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 12, 2012 00:20
She Jinxiong, the dean of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Nanjing University, has been accused online of going from hospital to hospital illegally collecting human blood and tissue samples to construct his own private database.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 11, 2012 16:50
As the 21st solar term in the traditional Chinese agricultural system, daxue (meaning “heavy snow”), falls on December 7 this year and heralds more freezing weather. The cold can easily cause problems with blood circulation and which can then lead to serious conditions like strokes, heart attacks an...
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Source: Xinhua - Global Times Published: December 11, 2012 09:11
Researchers in China have devised a new technique for reprogramming cells from human urine into stem cells that can form multiple types of functioning neurons and glial cells. The technique is expected to be adopted in clinical treatment.
The technique, published on Sunday in the journal Nature ...
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 10, 2012 16:43
The old refrain of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" might have a germ of truth at least regarding inflammatory diseases, New Zealand scientists announced Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 10, 2012 15:55
Classical music's reputation for being easier on the ear than its pop and rock relations has taken a knock in a New Zealand studying showing almost two thirds of orchestral musicians suffer hearing loss over the course of their careers.
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Source: Global Times Published: December 06, 2012 00:20
First there were square watermelons, but from next summer, fans of the thirst-quenching fruit will be able to eat one just like an apple.
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 05, 2012 17:15
Women in Fiji will soon have access to better health services for the treatment of cervical cancer thanks to Australia's donation this week.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 30, 2012 17:53
Canadian researchers have built what they called "the world's largest simulation of a functioning brain," which may help scientists better understand how the brain works.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 27, 2012 15:50
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi announced on Monday that the northeastern parts of the country were officially Ebola free.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 26, 2012 09:42
The number of Australian babies not fully immunized is now one in 12 and parents registering a conscientious objection has leapt from 4,271 in 1999 to more than 30,000, according to a booklet released on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 26, 2012 08:33
Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 23, 2012 11:08
Drugs used to treat parasitic diseases are showing surprising potential as a therapy for tuberculosis (TB), a Canadian study has suggested.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 20, 2012 10:00
US researchers have found that children born to mothers who smoked more than one pack per day during pregnancy struggled on tests designed to measure how accurately a child reads aloud and comprehends what they read, according to a study published this week in the current Journal of Pediatrics.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 16, 2012 17:09
The world's most comprehensive assessment of ocean life has revealed that one to two thirds of species are still unknown to science, according to an international study.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 15, 2012 12:39
New Zealand researchers are hoping to share the the country's expertise in quality food production with China at an agricultural park planned for Beijing.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 13, 2012 13:05
New Zealand scientists said Tuesday they were developing a method to prove infant formula and other dairy foods labeled as New Zealand produce were the genuine article, in a move to fight counterfeit products in overseas markets.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 08, 2012 16:08
China has started to verify whether the country had eliminated measles by 2012, in accordance with a goal set by the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization (WHO), Health News, a newspaper run by the Ministry of Health (MOH), reported Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 07, 2012 13:16
The first and only preventative HIV/AIDS vaccine has shown no adverse effects so far in human clinical trials, Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 06, 2012 10:51
A new study of diagnosis options for skin cancer by the Medical University of Vienna have shown promising results, the University reported in a press release on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 05, 2012 13:31
Australian researchers are calling for an upgrading of national guidelines on lead levels in the blood of children, according to the latest Medical Journal of Australia on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 31, 2012 19:41
China on Wednesday began soliciting public opinion on a draft regulation on human genetic research that highlights improved protection over such resources and donors' interests.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 29, 2012 14:02
Researchers in Australia, Japan and Britain have identified four new gene regions linked to the gynecological disorder endometriosis, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) said on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 26, 2012 15:14
Canadian researchers have found the first feathered dinosaur specimens in the Western Hemisphere, and suggested that the ornithomimids, as they are scientifically known, should have had feathers and wings.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 26, 2012 09:42
Kenyan scientists on Thursday allayed fears on safety of genetically modified (GM) products and insisted that rigorous studies done over the years have yet to confirm presence of disease causing toxins in them.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 19, 2012 09:48
A Canadian study has showed that childhood poverty and stress as an adult leave an imprint on a person's genes, providing an insight into how environmental influences get under the skin.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 19, 2012 09:32
A team of scientists have identified a gene mutation that causes patches of very thick skin to appear on the palms and soles, a much milder form of tree man with bark-like growths on the body, Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research said on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 18, 2012 09:48
A daily multivitamin can help a man reduce his risk of cancer, according to a new study published online Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 18, 2012 09:47
Use of popular antidepressants is linked to an increased risk of some strokes caused by bleeding in the brain, but that risk is low, according to a multi-study analysis published Wednesday in the online issue of Neurology.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 17, 2012 09:00
Scientists of the Rome-based National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) said on Tuesday they have identified a new type of bacterium that could be used to transport pharmaceuticals into diseased cells.
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Source: AFP Published: October 10, 2012 23:50
US chemists Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won the Nobel Prize on Wednesday for identifying a class of cell receptor, yielding vital insights into how the body works at the molecular level.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 09, 2012 13:53
New Zealand and Chinese scientists have begun a joint study into how to improve seeds so that farmers can produce more and bigger grains to help feed the world's growing population.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 08, 2012 19:30
John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent," announced the Nobel Committee at Swedish Karolinska Institute on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 08, 2012 18:06
John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka share the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the committee announced on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 05, 2012 10:09
Japanese researchers have succeeded in creating ova from artificially derived multipurpose stem cells and using the ova to produce mice offspring through in vitro fertilization for the first time in the world, Kyodo News reported.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 04, 2012 14:17
Australian Antarctic scientists have successfully tested new acoustic technology to track and locate blue whales hundreds of kilometres away by eavesdropping on the song of these animals, Environment Minister Tony Burke said in a statement Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 02, 2012 14:10
The Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storm damage, crown-of-thorns starfish and bleaching, according to a new study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 02, 2012 13:20
Coral cover of the Great Barrier Reef feasibly can be saved by controlling the numbers of crown of thorns starfish, a latest study by researchers at the Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS) released on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 27, 2012 16:05
New Zealand scientists said Thursday they had made a global breakthrough in converting human skin cells directly into immature brain cells, also know as neural precursor cells.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 27, 2012 09:42
Looking at pictures of cute animals enhances performance in work requiring concentration, the finding of an experiment released Thursday showed.
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Source: Global Times Published: September 13, 2012 00:55
Authorities in Hunan Province denied Wednesday their human experiments are related to a controversial US-backed research project on genetically-modified (GM) rice.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 12, 2012 14:19
A Cote d'Ivoire researcher has decided to share his expertise and experience in dealing with ageing cocoa orchards in the West African country, one of the top producers in the world.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 11, 2012 20:34
China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has urged the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) to further investigate a case involving genetically modified (GM) rice and publish the results in a timely manner, a spokesman for the MOH said.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 11, 2012 10:39
A research team from the Innsbruck Medical University in western Austria have discovered a genetic defect responsible for the previously unexplainable muscle-nerve disease "acute motor axonal neuropathy", the APA reported on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 06, 2012 18:51
Authorities are continuing to investigate whether dozens of children in central China were used as test subjects in a US-China joint research project that included genetically modified (GM) rice.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 05, 2012 19:55
New Zealand scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in identifying the early indicators of Parkinson's disease, enabling doctors to offer early treatment for the dementia caused by the neuro-degenerative illness.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 04, 2012 09:34
A team of scientists from Singapore have identified three new genes associated with primary angle closure glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness among the Chinese population, a local television channel reported on Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 02, 2012 09:13
Government officials in Central China's Hunan Province on Saturday denied claims that children in the area were being used as guinea pigs in US-backed research on the effects of consuming genetically-modified (GM) rice.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 23, 2012 15:20
Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has identified a gene that will allow rice plant to increase its uptake of phosphorus boosting rice production.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 20, 2012 20:43
Yuan Longping, a scientist who helped develop some of the first strains of hybrid rice, said Monday that yields from the rice are expected to reach 1,000 kg per mu (0.0667 hectares) by 2020.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 20, 2012 15:38
The population of the famous Royal Bengal tiger is decreasing as a result of dwindling prey animals, particularly deer, in India's tiger reserves, as shown by studies of environmental groups.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 15, 2012 16:30
Kenya's leading scientists are calling on the country to tap into its vast prehistoric fossils in order to boost its growing tourism industry.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 09, 2012 14:13
China's golden snub-nosed monkeys are offering humans a lesson in resolving conflict and harmonious living, New Zealand researchers said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 09, 2012 11:56
US scientists have reported a major breakthrough in the development of a highly effective vaccine against the deadly Nipah virus, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 06, 2012 10:40
Scientists in Austria have been able to recreate mutations that lead to malignant cell growth in mice, the Austrian Press Agency (APA) reported on Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 01, 2012 18:38
An international research team led by Chinese scientists have found a new gene that can cause congenital blindness.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 23, 2012 16:40
New Zealand scientists say they have found fish species previously unknown to science after trawling almost 3 kilometers beneath the waves in the southwest Pacific.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 19, 2012 18:44
A drug typically used to treat AIDS-triggered lung infections may be able to prevent the reproduction of HIV and possibly provide a new method for the control and elimination of the virus, Chinese scientists said Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 17, 2012 14:29
Humans possess the unique ability to form mental images of things that exist only in their minds, and US scientists now believe there may be a way to harness this ability someday to give sight to the blind.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 12, 2012 15:34
The Chupadera springsnail, a rare freshwater snail known to exist only in New Mexico, the United States will receive federal protection as an endangered species, a US conservation group said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 11, 2012 10:41
Since time immemorial livestock farmers in most parts of Kenya have been forced to lighting fires to smoke away tsetse flies every day.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 10, 2012 15:09
More than 400 Chinese geneticists from home and abroad have gathered in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, over the past three days to discuss genetics studies.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 09, 2012 15:16
A group of researchers and photographers have started a 15-day biodiversity survey in the virgin forest of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 08, 2012 17:01
The forestry administration of China's southern-most island province of Hainan announced on Sunday that it will launch a survey of wildlife on and around the South China Sea Islands.
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Source: Global Times Published: July 04, 2012 18:30
In April 2012 in the Inner Mongolia Agricultural University in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a group of scientists successfully produced three baby cows after inserting a genetically modified (GM) embryo into the womb of a surrogate female cow. Two of the cows died soon after their birth. Th...
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 01, 2012 15:27
Researchers will start exploring large areas of primitive forest this month in the Shennongjia region of central China's Hubei province, local authorities said Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 29, 2012 14:57
Photo taken onboard China's manned submersible Jiaolong on June 27, 2012 shows the environment underwater at the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 21, 2012 13:15
A decline in the population of emperor penguins appears likely this century as climate change reduces the extent of Antarctic sea ice, shows a recently published US study.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 20, 2012 11:16
A mobile white van offering anonymous testing for HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) and syphilis in Singapore has drawn more to take the test since December last year, local daily Straits Times reported on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 14, 2012 14:02
Japanese researchers said Thursday they have succeeded in creating the world's first artificial retina from human embryotic stem cells, hoping to improve treatments for eye diseases including pigmentary degeneration of the retina.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 14, 2012 13:22
Transgenic cotton can boost population of beneficial pest-controlling insects in its own farm as well as nearby farms, according to a Chinese research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 12, 2012 10:46
The presence of normal p53, a tumor suppressor gene, instead of a mutated version, makes breast cancer chemotherapy with doxorubicin less effective, according to a study published Monday in the Journal Cancer Cell.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 08, 2012 13:46
Chinese scientists on Thursday launched a DNA test program on 22 ancient human skeletons that date back more than 2,000 years.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 07, 2012 13:53
More than 60 researchers from a joint group from China and the United States have finished the world's first pear genome sequence, one of the seven agencies involved said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 07, 2012 10:05
More than 60 researchers from a joint group from China and the United States have finished the world's first pear genome sequence, one of the seven agencies involved said Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 06, 2012 07:41
The antidepressant drug duloxetine helped relieve painful tingling feelings caused by chemotherapy in 59 percent of patients, a new study has found.
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Source: Xinhua Published: June 03, 2012 14:35
Dinosaurs and other mysterious prehistoric beasts came to life Saturday as the Houston Museum of Natural Science opened its new world-class paleontology hall to the public in the fourth largest US city.
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Source: Global Times Published: May 21, 2012 22:10
The plantation area of high-yield super rice will increase to at least 120 million mu (8 million hectares) this year, according to a statement last week from the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Source: AFP Published: May 17, 2012 00:25
Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories.
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 07, 2012 16:04
A Chinese tobacco research program has been left aside in an application for a top science award in the country, following extensive controversy over its studies in manufacturing low-tar, less-harm cigarettes.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 17, 2012 10:07
Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) have found that lack of a specific gene interrupts neural tube closure, a condition that can cause death or paralysis. The study was the cover story this week in the journal Genes & Development.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 12, 2012 10:32
The first robotic fish successful debuted among other real fish, paving the way for better understanding of animal collective behavior, Italian researchers said on Wednesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 08, 2012 11:04
A ceremony was held Saturday evening to give away China's first "Pineapple Science Prize", which is designed to honor researches with great imagination and to arouse the public enthusiasm for science.
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Source: Xinhua Published: April 02, 2012 09:26
Canada's Chinese community put out the call for more stem cell donors Saturday to address a disproportionate under-representation in the international stem cell registry.
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Source: Global Times Published: March 29, 2012 20:35
The Arctic Pole has been visited by many scientists over the years, but Zhang Hong, a 27-year-old PhD student at the School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, recently became China’s first woman to complete scientific research during an Arctic winter.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 26, 2012 13:31
A group of South African and Chinese researchers may have found the place where the mysterious Peking man fossils were buried, according to a latest study.
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Source: Xinhua Published: March 23, 2012 13:17
US scientists have identified in young autism patients genetic mechanisms involved in abnormal early brain development and overgrowth that occurs in the disorder, according to a study published Thursday in the online journal of PLoS Genetics.
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Source: people.com.cn Published: March 13, 2012 11:54
Top 10 extinct species expected to revive
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Source: Xinhua Published: February 27, 2012 13:48
300 mln-year-old forest discovered in China
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Source: Xinhua Published: December 19, 2011 12:26
Scientists said on Sunday that they have finished sequencing the genome of a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
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Source: Xinhua Published: November 12, 2011 14:05
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved HEMACORD, the first licensed hematopoietic progenitor cells-cord cell therapy.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 21, 2011 09:54
British scientists used bacteria and DNA to build basic components for digital devices in a new research, according to media reports, suggesting biological computers come closer to reality.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 05, 2011 14:24
Australian experts and Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday congratulated Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt, saying that the discovery changed the face of astronomy and mankind's understanding of the universe.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 05, 2011 14:20
The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean in September declined to the second-lowest extent on record, according to satellite data released Tuesday from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 04, 2011 15:30
Many friends and colleagues of Canadian scientist Ralph Steinman reacted with shock when they learned on Monday that Steinman won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology three days after he died.
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Source: Xinhua Published: October 04, 2011 14:50
Family members of Ralph Steinman speak at a press conference at the Rockefeller University in New York, the United States, Oct. 3, 2011.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 22, 2011 10:37
Comprehensive efforts are needed to save coral reefs as their living compound is prone to environmental damage, an Indonesian expert told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 22, 2011 10:34
Comprehensive efforts are needed to save coral reefs as their living compound is prone to environmental damage, an Indonesian expert told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 22, 2011 09:59
Comprehensive efforts are needed to save coral reefs as their living compound is prone to environmental damage, an Indonesian expert told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 09, 2011 15:10
A gene responsible for regulating chronic pain, called HCN2, has been identified by scientists at the University of Cambridge. The research, to be published on Friday in US journal Science, opens up the possibility of targeting drugs to block the protein produced by the gene in order to combat chron...
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Source: Xinhua Published: September 01, 2011 15:29
Bushranger Ned Kelly's headless body has finally been identified in Australia, more than 130 years after his execution in the Old Melbourne Gaol, Victoria's Attorney- General Robert Clark announced on Thursday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 30, 2011 16:03
US government researchers must have known those were unethical studies, while they deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis for an experiment in the 1940s, according to a US presidential commission.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 22, 2011 13:12
The Finnish company Spektikor has recently developed a novel type of disposable heart rate indicator, local media reported on Sunday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 11, 2011 09:10
An international team of scientists has identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of an important and very debilitating neurological disease.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 05, 2011 09:43
Researchers have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into sperm and this finding opens up new avenues for infertility research and treatment, according to a study published Thursday in the online edition of journal Cell.
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Source: Xinhua Published: August 02, 2011 11:23
Scientists have discovered oxygen molecules in deep space in a region of the Orion nebula, some 1,500 light years from the Earth, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced Monday.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 18, 2011 10:12
A new gene mutation may play a role in the development of Parkinson's disease, a team of international researchers have found.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 17, 2011 15:10
A new gene mutation may play a role in the development of Parkinson's disease, a team of international researchers have found.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 16, 2011 09:32
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) announced Friday that a group of international scientists has finished sequencing the genetic code of the potato.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 11, 2011 10:28
The upcoming Natural History Museum in Singapore launched a drive on Sunday to raise 12 million Singapore dollars ($9.8 million) by the end of the month to buy three dinosaur fossils from a company in Wyoming, the United States.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 05, 2011 09:44
A female Siberian tiger licks a baby Bengali white tiger in the Heilongjiang Siberian Tiger Garden in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 4, 2011.
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Source: Xinhua Published: July 04, 2011 09:38
The National Development and Reform Commission has approved the establishment of a national agricultural laboratory in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, as part of the country's new approach to food safety.
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